EVE-USA was founded by former employees of Mentor — the named inventors on Mentor’s emulation software patents.  Initially Mentor licensed the patents to EVE for its use, but that license was terminated when Synopsys later acquired EVE.  Mentor then sued Synopsys and won a $36 million jury verdict for infringement of its U.S. Patent No. 6,240,376.  Following … Continue reading Supreme Court on Damage Apportionment and Assignor Estoppel